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F. A. OOPPIN.

GABINEjI: DESK. N0. 338,039. Patented Mar. 16, 1886.

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NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANCIS A. COFFIN, OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.

CABINET-DESK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 338,039, dated March 16, 1886.

Application filed June 10, 1885. Serial No. 168,233. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FRANCIS A. COFFIN, a resident of Indianapolis, Indiana, have made certain new and useful Improvements in Cabinet-Desks, a description of which is set forth in the following specification, reference being made to the accompanying drawings, in the several figures of which like letters indicate like parts.

My invention relates to an improvement in cabinet-desks; and it consists in the providing of wings hinged to the top on each side and adapted to be opened right and left, the whole to'be closed by means of a flexible curtain, and will be understood from the following description:

In the drawings, Figure 1 represents a perspective view of the desk closed. Fig. 2 is a front view of the same, with the flexible curtain thrown back under the top and one ofthe Wings open, revealing the interior arrangement of the desk.

It will be observed that in these views the flexible curtainf, in closing, comes down between the Wings 10, sliding in grooves 9, formed on the inside of each one of these wings.

The table portion of the desk is constructed in the ordinary manner. The wings w, however, are hinged at h, as shown in Fig. 2, to the upright portion of the desk, and these wings are swung clear around on these hinges, so as to rest against the sides of the top t, and the drawers or pigeon-holes are formed to run the total depth of the wing. This method of hinging presents the face of the wing w with its drawers flush with the faces of the compartments in the top when the wing is open, the hinges being constructed to allow the wings to swing clear around, as shown in Fig. 2. The flexible curtain f is of a proper width to slide in grooves 9, formed in the inside of each wing, so that in effect it comes down between them when they are swung inward in the po sition shown in Fig. 1.

I am aware that cabinet-desks with flexible curtains are not new, and do not herein broadly claim the same as my invention; but I am not aware that any cabinet-desk has yet been constructed provided with wings hinged to each side of the top and adapted to be opened outward, and arranged to be closed by means of a flexible curtain coming down between the wings, as herein shown. Whenthe curtain is closed upon the top, as shown in Fig. 1, it may be locked to the table in the customary manner. The wings, when folded shut, may be secured in position by means of any suitable spring-catch; but I do notinteud to limit myself to any particular method of fastening these wings in position.

Another modified form of construction of this desk is made the subject of an application for Letters Patent on a division of this present application.

\Vhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is the following:

1. A cabinet-desk having wings w, hinged on either side of the top. adapted to be closed by the flexible eurtainf, arranged to slide be tween said wings in grooves formed on the inner sides thereof, all combined substantially as described.

2. The eabinet-desk having top 1, wings to, hinged thereto on each side, the flexible curtainf, adapted to slide in grooves formed on the inner sides of said wings and between them, with means for securing the parts when closed, all combined substantially as described.

FRANOIS A. COFFIN.

\Vitnesses:

O. P. J AOOBS, WM. E. BARTON. 

